144th Field Artillery Regiment

144th Field Artillery Regiment
144th Field Artillery Regiment
	144th Field Artillery Regiment Coat of Arms
Active	3 August 1917 - Current
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Field Artillery
Part of	ADCON - 100th Troop Command (CA) OPCON - 115th Field Artillery Brigade (WY)
1/144 FA Headquarters	Burbank, CA
Motto(s)	Contendimus - "We Strive"
Equipment	M109A6 Paladin
Commanders
Current 1/144 FA Commander	LTC George E. Burchuk, Jr.
Current 1/144 FA CSM	CSM Rex Russell
Previous 1/144 FA Commanders	LTC David J. Craig; LTC Jeffrey S. Corella; LTC Joseph Adams; LTC Timothy D. Vincent; LTC David J. Brady; LTC Eric B. Grimm; LTC Garner; LTC Philip A. Butch; LTC Smith
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

Last updated June 03, 2021

The 144th Field Artillery Regiment is a combat arms regiment of the United States Army comprised of Soldiers from the California Army National Guard. Only the regiment's first battalion, a mechanized fires battalion, equipped with M109A6 Howitzers, is still active. The 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery's current mission is to shoot safely, accurately, and quickly in direct support of the 115th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB). Additionally, as a National Guard unit, the battalion trains to respond effectively to any state emergency.

Subordinate units

First Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR)

The First Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment provides direct support to the 115th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB). The 1/144 FA is structured as a 3x4 BN (3 firing batteries, each with 4 howitzers), and also includes the HHB. the 11th SC is also attached to provide logistical, food and maintenance to the battalion. Each firing battery is consists of a battery headquarters, two firing platoons, a supply section, and two ammunition sections. Each firing platoon consists of two howitzer sections, a platoon headquarters section, and platoon operations center composed of fire direction center section personnel.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 1/144 FAR

HHB is headquartered in Burbank, CA. HHB consists of a battery headquarters, the battalion command section, Administration section (S1), Intelligence section (S2), Operations section (S3), Logistics section (S4), Communications section (S6), medical platoon, and unit ministry team. The battery provides communications support and command and control for the fires battalion and subordinate, reinforcing, or attached units. The armory in Burbank was completed in 1951 and dedicated on February 10, 1952.^[1]

Alpha Battery, 1/144 FAR

Alpha Battery is stationed at Azusa, CA.

Bravo Battery, 1/144 FAR

Bravo Battery is stationed at Van Nuys, CA.

Charlie Battery, 1/144 FAR

Charlie Battery is stationed at West Los Angeles, CA.

11th Support Company, 1/144 FAR

The 11th SC is stationed in Burbank, CA and shares the armory with HHB. The support company provides field maintenance, subsistence (Class I), and supply distribution for the battalion. The support company consists of a company headquarters, a field feeding section, a field maintenance platoon, and a distribution platoon. In July 2020, the unit was re-designated from 11th Forward Support Company (FSC) to 11th Support Company (SC), directly reporting to the 1/144th FA.

Lineage and Honors

144th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR)

144th Field Artillery Regiment was organized 3 August 1917 in the California National Guard at Santa Barbara as Battery C, 2d Field Artillery Regiment. Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 24 September 1917 as Battery C, 144th Field Artillery, an element of the 40th Division. Demobilized 29 January 1919 at San Francisco. Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 May 1930 in the California National Guard at Santa Barbara as Battery E, 143d Field Artillery. Redesignated 14 April 1936 as Battery C, 196th Field Artillery. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1936 as the 2d Battalion, 144th Field Artillery.

Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 21 August 1940 as the 144th Field Artillery with Headquarters at Santa Barbara. Inducted into Federal service 3 February 1941 at Santa Barbara. Regiment broken up 8 February 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 144th Field Artillery Group; 2d Battalion as the 981st Field Artillery Battalion (remainder of regiment—hereafter separate lineages).

981st Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 144th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 23 April 1946 in Europe.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 144th Field Artillery Group, and the 981st Field Artillery Battalion consolidated 25 June 1946; consolidated unit designated as the 981st Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division. Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 December 1946 with Headquarters at Santa Barbara. Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations. (981st Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Santa Barbara.) Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 981st Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 as the 225th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Division.

Consolidated 1 July 1959 with the 143d (see ANNEX 1), 214th (see ANNEX 2), and 215th (see ANNEX 3) Armored Field Artillery Battalions to form the 144th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Rocket Howitzer Battalion and the 2d, 3d, and 4th Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division. Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division. Reorganized 29 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Brigade; the 2d Battalion; and the 3d Battalion, an element of the 40th Infantry Brigade. Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 144th Field Artillery. Reorganized 13 January 1974 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry Division. Reorganized 1 December 1976 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions and Battery F, elements of the 40th Infantry Division. Withdrawn 19 January 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System. (1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions ordered into active Federal service 1 May 1992 at home stations; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal service and reverted to state control.) Reorganized 1 December 1993 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions and Batteries D and F, elements of the 40th Infantry Division. Reorganized 1 September 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Batteries D and F, elements of the 40th Infantry Division.

ANNEX 1

Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as the 143d Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division. Organized and Federally recognized 22 May 1947 with Headquarters at Santa Monica. Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations. (143d Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Culver City; location of Headquarters changed 6 October 1953 to Santa Monica.) Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 143d Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 as the 143d Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Division.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as the 625th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division. Organized and federally recognized 18 June 1947 with Headquarters at Burbank. (Location of Headquarters changed 1 June 1950 to Van Nuys.) Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations. (625th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Van Nuys.) Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 625th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 as the 214th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Division.

ANNEX 3

Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as the 980th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division. Organized and Federally recognized 22 April 1947 with Headquarters at Arcadia. Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations. (980th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Arcadia.) Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 980th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 as the 215th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

First Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR)

The First Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, headquartered in Burbank, California, is currently the only active battalion.

Campaigns

The regiment's units earned the following Campaign Participation Credit:

World War I

World War II - Normandy

World War II - Northern France

World War II - Rhineland

World War II - Ardennes-Alsace

World War II - Central Europe

Korean War - Second Korean Winter

Korean War - Summer-Fall 1952

Korean War - Third Korean Winter

Korean War - Summer 1953

Kosovo Campaign

Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 144th FA, is additionally entitled to the following Campaign Participation Credit:

World War II - Bismarck Archipelago

World War II - Luzon (with arrowhead)

World War II - Southern Philippines

State Activations

The 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, has supported the following state mobilizations:

Los Angeles Riots 1992

Witch-Guejito–Poomacha Complex Fire 2007

Salmon-August Complex Fire 2017

Mission Fire 2017

Carr Fire 2018

Los Angeles Civil Unrest 2020

COVID-19 Support 2020-2021

Related Research Articles

The 200th Coast Artillery (AA) was a United States Army unit during the first half of World War II. Today descendant elements serve with the New Mexico Army National Guard as the 200th Infantry.

The 197th Field Artillery Brigade is a field artillery brigade of the New Hampshire Army National Guard.

The 169th Field Artillery Brigade is an artillery brigade in the US Army National Guard. It is part of the Colorado Army National Guard.

The 103rd Armor Regiment is an armored regiment in the Pennsylvania National Guard first formed in 1941. Its legacy unit, 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor, is a subordinate command of the 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division.

25th Field Artillery Regiment US military unit

The 25th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army (USA). Although the regiment did not see action during World War I, elements participated in World War II, Vietnam, Panama, the Gulf War, and the Global War on Terrorism. Currently the regiment one active battalion, a towed light artillery units equipped with the M119A3 105mm Howitzer and the M777A2 155mm Howitzer. The 5th Battalion is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The 4th Battalion was inactivated on 14 August 2014.

The 133rd Field Artillery Regiment is a parent field artillery regiment of the United States Army National Guard. It is currently represented in the Texas Army National Guard by the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Battalions.

The 86th Field Artillery Regiment is a inactive parent field artillery regiment of the United States Army, last represented in the Vermont Army National Guard by the 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery Regiment. Perpetuating the Vermont Light Artillery Batteries of the American Civil War and subsequent Vermont artillery units, the regiment was organized following World War II as the 206th Field Artillery Battalion in the Vermont National Guard. The 206th saw active service in Germany with the 43rd Infantry Division during the Korean War, and became the 124th Artillery, a Combat Arms Regimental System parent regiment, in 1959. Represented by the 1st Howitzer Battalion, 124th Artillery, the regiment was renumbered as the 86th Artillery in 1964 when the 1st Battalion became the brigade artillery battalion of the 86th Armored Brigade. The 1st Battalion served in that role with the brigade for much of the rest of its existence.

158th Field Artillery Regiment US national guard unit

The 158th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the Army National Guard.

The 1st Battalion, 160th Field Artillery Regiment is headquartered in Chandler, Oklahoma. It is a part of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard.

The 45th Fires Brigade is a modular field artillery brigade of the United States Army headquartered in Mustang, Oklahoma. It is a part of the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

The 112th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Branch regiment of the New Jersey Army National Guard first formed in April 1917. In December 1941, it was the last field artillery regiment in the U.S. Army to convert from horse-drawn to truck-drawn transportation.

107th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

The 107th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Branch regiment of the United States Army. It has been affiliated with the Pennsylvania National Guard since its formation. It appears that the regiment last formally came into existence in June 1959, when the 107th Field Artillery Battalion was reorganized as the new Regiment's 1st Battalion in line with the Pentomic (ROCID) reorganization going on at that time.

The 115th Field Artillery Brigade, known as “Cowboy Thunder” is an artillery formation of the United States Army, raised by the Wyoming Army National Guard. It is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Its history stretches back to the 1800s when Wyoming was a U.S. territory. The first muster formation was in 1888 as 1st Regiment Infantry. It was redesignated as the 115th Field Artillery Brigade September 1, 1978.

The 94th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, represented in the Minnesota Army National Guard by 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry, part of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, stationed at Duluth.

The 114th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Mississippi Army National Guard. The regiment's 2nd Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team.

The 117th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Alabama Army National Guard. The regiment's 1st Battalion is a cannon battalion assigned to the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade.

The 118th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Georgia Army National Guard. The regiment's 1st Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War of 1812.

The 142nd Field Artillery Brigade is a field artillery brigade in the Arkansas Army National Guard (ARNG). The 142nd is currently under administrative control of the 29th ID.

The 125th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Minnesota Army National Guard. The regiment's 1st Battalion is the 155mm, self-propelled cannon battalion assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division.

The 429th Brigade Support Battalion is a combat service support battalion of the United States Army and the Virginia National Guard. It is part of the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Virginia Army National Guard.

References

↑ "Burbank Armory". www.militarymuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.

"Lineages and Honors of the California National Guard". militarymuseum.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Burbank Armory". www.militarymuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.

[1]